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2004-09-11

If it were not for a customers in a hurry to receive the materials he ordered I would have never been able to realise what was happening in New York 6 hours, and a continent away from me. I did not usually run such errands but the summer was still there and I was feeling restless so I volunteer for the 80miles round trip just to bring some tools to a customer ...as the road I was using was prone to traffic jam and accidents I switch the radio on a news program and it was just a little before 3pm that the speaker announced that there was a special report fron New York where an plane crash was just reported. In the mean time I had just arrived at the customer site so I stopped the car, delivered the parcel all the while chit-chatting with the people in the shopfloor. About half an hour later I start the car and was shocked to hear that the plane crash have developed into to planes hitting the twin towers. First question that came to mind: how can someone not to see two towers? Then first words of a terrorist attack strated to be spoken all the while the move of another plane were described as suspicious... and finally the crash at the Pentagon. For more than I care to admit I was scared, and if it were another country I would have thought about a coup. As it happens I piked up the phone and colled a dear friend of mine to inform her of the absurd and still unbelievable news. A news so unbelievable that my friend at first thought I was making fun of her...
That entire afternoon will remain with me forever.